THE BENEVOLENT STATE AND THE NEED FOR HEROES
October 23, 1995 · Clarence Thomas, Magazine
Today, our culture is far less likely to raise up heroes than it is to exalt victims -- individuals who are overcome by the sting of oppression, injustice, adversity, neglect, or misfortune. Today, it seems that those who have succumbed to their circumstances are more likely to be singled out than…